Both votes X and wasted votes: is it time to change Scotland’s voting system?
By Slaunger (Own work) , via Wikimedia Commons“Both Votes Labour,” voters were urged. “Lend Solidarity your vote on the PEACH paper”, Sheridan roared. Even newcomers were in on the act,…
It would be easy for Greens to sneer at the Women’s Equality Party, but that would be a mistake
Just who are the Women’s Equality Party and what do they stand for? # — Stylist Magazine (@StylistMagazine) May 5, 2016 Writing from the Edinburgh count at Ingliston, it’s clear…
Outdated, absurd and degrading: time to change Northern Ireland’s abortion laws
By Ardfern (Own work) , via Wikimedia is taken for granted that we all can control what happens to our body. Women in Northern Ireland however do not have control…
Seven Green policies to vote for in Northern Ireland on Thursday 5th May
Photo: The Green Party in Northern Ireland This Thursday, people in Northern Ireland will go to the polls to elect a new Assembly. They will have the chance to vote…
Eleven reasons socialists in Scotland are voting Green
More and more socialists in Scotland have joined, got involved in, and decided to vote for the Scottish Green Party. Here are eleven reasons why. 1) Greens believe in democratising…
Now is the time for Scotland to be bold: why I’m voting Green
As it approaches its fifth Holyrood election, Scotland faces five huge questions. The first is simple: should we be an independent country? And if so, how can we progress our…
Interview: is this the Greenest university in the UK?
"Team Green" candidates on election night. Image: Aaron Parr (more…)
Frances’ story: living in the shadow of a benefits tribunal
Iain Duncan Smith. Photo by the Cabinet Office A few Fridays ago, on the day that Iain Duncan Smith resigned, I got up early and caught the train to Cambridge,…
NUS: poison or panacea to the student movement?
Photo: National Union of Students Watching the setting sun cast an orange glow across the English Channel from the Brighton seafront, your eyes are instantly drawn to the rusting remains…
We’re in danger of forgetting the true cause of unemployment
Protest at Leith Job Centre, July 2013. Image: Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty Just how do they get away with it? “Towards full employment” was a slogan the Tories were using…